A
VIP celebration and special preview for the opening of the
New-York Historical Society’s fall exhibition Chinese
American: Exclusion/Inclusion,
which opens to the public on September 26. The
exhibitiontells the complex and fascinating story of
Chinese in America, weaving together the stories of trade,
education, migration, labor, and dramatic changes in
American immigration policy represented by the 1882 Chinese
Exclusion Act.

“Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusiontells the
fascinating but complex story of relations between the
United States and China, from the Chinese tea thrown
overboard in Boston Harbor, to one of our earliest models of
international educational exchange, to the nation's
first-ever exclusionary immigration policy, based solely on
Chinese origin,” said Dr. Louise Mirrer, President
and CEO of the New-York Historical Society.
“The impact of the Chinese in America over more than two
hundred years of history has been extraordinary, and yet
this story is little or entirely unknown. This exhibition
will provoke a new understanding of what it means to be an
American, taking its place among New-York Historical's most
consequential and eye-opening exhibitions such as Slavery
in New York.”

WHO: Pam Schafler, Chair of the Board of Trustees and Louise
Mirrer, President and CEO of the New-York Historical
Society